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Growing your own ginger is easy and rewarding. Fresh ginger is a great addition to stir-fry cooking and is also useful for a variety of home-made remedies. This article explains two simple methods for growing ginger.

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EditMethod 1 of 2: In a Pot

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    Purchase fresh ginger root from a grocery store or market.
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    Soak your ginger overnight in warm water.
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    Prepare a 14 inch (35.6 cm) wide and 12 inch (30.5 cm) deep pot with potting soil, the loose kind that doesn't pack down when it's watered, and enrich it with plenty of compost. Make sure the pot drains very well. A pot this size can comfortably hold about three pieces of ginger.[1]
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    Plant just below the surface of the soil, spacing the pieces evenly apart.
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    Put the pot in an area with light shade at a temperature of 75-85*F. Cooler temperatures will stunt the plants' growth, since ginger is from hot Asia.
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    Water lightly at first, then more heavily when shoots appear. Keep the plants dry in winter while they're dormant.
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    In 10-12 months the plant will be mature and 2–4 feet (0.6–1.2 m) high.
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    Dig up new sprouts that appear in front of the main plants and either replant them somewhere else (they will form new rhizomes) or use them.

EditMethod 2 of 2: In the Ground

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    Follow Steps 1 and 2 above.
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    Find yourself an area of rich, moist, but well-drained soil that is protected from heavy winds and from temperatures below 75*F.
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    Plant your chunk of ginger with the buds facing up.
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    Follow Steps 5-7 above.
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EditTips

  • Harvest as much as you want, as long as you put a budded piece back to grow a new plant.
  • Get yourself a small (think finger joint sized) piece of good quality ginger: fat, firm, aromatic, and with numerous buds. The best kind of ginger, of course, is grown organically without pesticides.
  • Ordinary store-bought ginger is great for beginners, but you can also order from mail-order catalogues more exotic types that grow up to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall with large colorful flowers.

EditWarnings

  • Don't submit plant to outside temperatures any lower than 50*F. The plant will be stunted or even killed.
  • Don't place it under direct sunlight.
  • Ginger is not frost tolerant; bring it inside in the winter.

EditThings You'll Need

  • Bypass pruners
  • Compost Makers
  • Fertilizer
  • Garden spades
  • Garden trowels
  • Planting pots
  • Soil
  • Ginger roots

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EditSources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.ehow.com/how_318_grow-ginger.html

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Español: cultivar una planta de jengibre, Deutsch: Eine Ingwerpflanze ziehen, Italiano: Coltivare lo Zenzero, Português: Cultivar um Gengibre, Nederlands: Een gemberplant kweken, Français: faire pousser du gingembre, Русский: вырастить имбирь, 中文: 种生姜, Čeština: Jak pěstovat zázvor, Bahasa Indonesia: Menanam Jahe

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